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Bhubaneswar: The people of future Smart City Bhubaneswar paid tribute to the Legendary Biju Patnaik at Raahgiri Day, on Sunday.

Raahgiri is getting momentum at Bhubaneswar, the temple city of Odisha. Over fifty thousand people took part in the Raahgiri Day on 06 March, which seems to be the largest participation in the past 8 weeks. OdishaLIVE, the first web channel network of Odisha, organised the connect event at Raahgiri, as a part of its series of events commemorating Birth Centenary of the legend. Hundreds of commoners from youth to senior citizen and from different walks of life throng at OdishaLIVE Signature Campaign and Painting Exhibition and paid homage to Biju Babu.

The illustration on Biju Babu riding a cycle printed on the stage attracted the youth population. Likewise people, especially the youth, standing next to the large full frame picture of Biju Patnaik and taking photographs was an amusing sight. Even the children were seen writing quotes on the wall.

The different paintings of Biju Patnaik’s towering personality, created by veteran artist Baladev Maharatha for OdishaLIVE, were displayed at the site. It made a linkage between Biju Babu and the public – both old and new generations.

OdishaLIVE’s Founder and Editor Nilambar Rath, Director Pranati Parida, Sales and Branding Head Sandeep Behera and the Team of OdishaLIVE were present on this event.